Battle of Homblieres

The Battle of Homblieres (5 July 1918) was a battle of World War I that occurred when the Imperial German Army launched an offensive against French Army forces defending trenches along the Marne River in the Aisne region of northern France. The US Marine Corps regiment from Iowa was withdrawn and replaced by a French regiment early in the battle, and the three French regiments and the British Scotland Forever Battalion fought bravely against the Germans. Their assault on the German trench failed, and a German counterattack captured their trench, which was held against French attacks. The French were forced back from their roadside ditch into the woods, where they were overwhelmed. The battle was one of the many small successes that the Germans enjoyed during the Spring Offensive.